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Gaelic Ireland

Gaelic political and social order that existed in Ireland from the prehistoric era until the early 17th century

8 dated entries naming Gaelic Ireland, drawn from 8 separate years between 521 CE and 1607 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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6th century

  • 521December 7 – Columba, Gaelic Irish missionary monk (d. 597)source
  • 597June 9 – Columba, Gaelic Irish missionary (b. 521)source

10th century

  • 968Battle of Sulcoit in Ireland: The Irish of the Dál gCais led by Brian Boru defeats the Viking forces of Limerick. After the battle the Dál gCais seize and burn the Viking stronghold of Limerick. Ending of Norse expansion in Ireland.source

12th century

  • 1124In Ireland, Saint Malachy, the great reformer of the Church, is made a bishop.source
  • 1155A plan to conquer Ireland is approved by Adrian IV in a Papal bull (a formal proclamation issued by the pope) called Laudabiliter. It gives Henry II lordship over Ireland, but the Irish kings resist English rule.source
  • 1158The Roman Catholic Diocese of Derry is founded in Ireland.source

17th century

  • 1601December 24 (Julian calendar, used by the English; January 3, 1602, according to the Gregorian calendar used by the Irish and Spanish forces in the battle) – The Battle of Kinsale ends the siege of Kinsale, Ireland (begun in autumn 1601).source
  • 1607September 14 – Flight of the Earls: Hugh O'Neill, 2nd Earl of Tyrone, and Rory O'Donnell, 1st Earl of Tyrconnell, flee Ireland for Spain with 90 followers, to avoid capture by the English crown, never to return.source

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